Tosker Cox

Terry "Tosker" Cox was a British nightclub owner and businessman from Newcastle upon Tyne. During the 1960s, he worked as a musician and also worked at a warehouse, and he ran a fruit and vegetable business during the 1970s, joined the Freemasons in 1984, and had become a successful businessman by the mid-1990s.

Early life
Terry Cox was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England to a working-class family. He was friends with Geordie Peacock during their youths, and, during the early 1960s, he became a professional musician performing at pubs, where he was known to engage in many one-night stands. In 1964, he and his friend Geordie attempted to set up a band with Geordie's friend Nicky Hutchinson, but the plans fell through when Nicky caught Tosker attempting to seduce his girlfriend Mary Soulsby. After the band plan fell through, Geordie ran off to London, while Nicky became involved with the Labour Party's general election campaign, leading to Mary breaking up with him. Tosker then seduced her and impregnated her, forcing the two to get married.

Entry into business
Tosker and mary then moved into the high-rise council flat at Willow Lane, where they raised a small family; Tosker provided for the family by stenciling crates at a warehouse which exported goods to Rhodesia. Tosker was mostly apolitical, but Hutchinson claimed that this was the reason that he voted Tory. However, their marriage was strained by Tosker's infidelities and by his paranoia that Mary still loved Nicky. In 1967, after losing his job due to the Labour government's new sanctions on Rhodesia, he met the crime lord Benny Barratt through Geordie. Barratt took a liking to Cox and gave him a loan with which he was able to start up a fruit and vegetable business by 1970. By 1979, Tosker's marriage with Mary had disintegrated due to Tosker's continued infidelities, visiting nightclubs with Geordie and continuing to sleep with several women. He divorced Mary so that he could marry Elaine, a woman who he met at the nightclub, and Tosker soon became wealthy through his connections to several wealthy businessmen, including Alan Roe; he ultimately joined the Freemasons in 1984. By 1987, he had become a slum landlord, and his wife had him invest all of his profits in shares and stocks. Black Monday wiped out the value of Tosker and Elaine's investments, and they were forced to sell their large house and purchase several karaoke clubs with the proceeds to get them back on their feet. By 1995, he had found success again, opening a floating nightclub on the River Tyne and living a comfortable life with his wife and their grandchildren.